Curtain-pole joint



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R. S. GOULD.

' CURTAIN POLE JOINT.

Patented May 5, 1885. i

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT S. GOULD, OF EAST ORANGE, NE\V JERSEY.

CURTAIN-POLEJOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,339,dated May 5, 1885.

Application filed January 26, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT S. GOULD, of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Pole Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved combination of curtain-pole joint and bracket by which separate brackets for each pole at each side of thejoint can be dispensed with and the curtains moved up close to the joint without being interfered with by the brackets.

The invention consists of a spherical curtain-pole joint having a screw-rod passing centrally through the same, said screw-rod being attached to the wall and provided with asleeve between the wall and the joint, so as to hold the spherical joint in position. The pivotconnection of the curtain-pole is located in the spherical joint and below the screw-rod, so as not to interfere with the latter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan showing my combined curtain-pole joint and bracket. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of my combined curtain-pole joint and bracket, drawn on a larger scale. Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical sections taken, re spectively, on lines so 00 and 11 y, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A A in the drawings represent the curtainpoles, which are provided with end caps, a, and fixed eye-rods b, which latter are screwed into the ends of the curtain-polesA A. The eye-rods Z) I) pass through slots binto a spherical shell, B, which is made of two hemispherical shells that are united by a rim-joint. The eye-rods I) are provided at the interior of the spherical shell B with an S-shaped bend and connected by a pivot, cl, that is located below the center of the shell B, made of angular shape and soldered at the ends to the inner wall of the shell, as shown in Fig. 4. A bracket-rod, 0, passes through the center of the shell 13 in the same plane with the shanks of the eye-rods b, but above the pivot of the same, the front of the bracket-rod 0 being provided with an ornamental head, 0, while the shank is threaded, so as to be screwed into the wood-work of the window-casing. The

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ornamental head G is nicked, so as to facilitate the screwing in of the bracket-rod G by a screwdriver. The distance of the curtainpole joint from the window-casing is regulated by a tubular sleeve, D, that abuts by its flanged &

rear end, D, against the window-casing. By using a sleeve and bracket-rod of greater or smaller length the required distance of the joint from the window-casing can be readily obtained.

The advantages of my combined curtainpole joint andbracket are, first, that the joint is supported in the angle formed by the woodwork, as shown in Fig. 1, without requiring separate brackets, one at each side of the j oint, secondly, that the bracket forms a part of the joint, and is furnished with the same; thirdly, that the curtains can be moved up close to the joint, as the separate brackets at each side of the joint heretofore in use are dispensed with.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. The combination, with a curtain-pole joint, of a bracket-rod passing through the joint and a tubular sleeve interposed between thejoint and the woodwork of the windowcasing, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a curtain pole joint formed of a spherical shell, of eye-rods attached to the curtain-poles and pivoted to each other at the interior of the shell and a bracket-rod passing through the center of the shell, substantially as set-forth.

8. The combination of a curtain-polejoint consisting of a spherical shell, eyerods attached to the poles and pivoted at the inside below the center of the shell, a bracket-rod passing through the center of the shell and provided with a nicked head and a threaded shanl ,and atubular sleeveinterposed between the shell and the woodwork, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBT. S. GOULD.

Vitnesses:

LOUIS C. RAEGENER, PAUL GoErEL. 

